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OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

An initiative supporting the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Our Giving Tuesday efforts this year will focus on programmatic support for the college’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), which supports the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students throughout the Eberly College of Science.

Dean Tracy Langkilde is committed to this initiative as well as supporting diversity and inclusion within the college, and she is providing a 1:1 gift match up to $5,000.

From science to business,
meet three students in the
B.S./M.B.A. program

Members of Eberly College of Science and the B.S./M.B.A. program are proud to announce that three of their students graduating this spring have already committed to full-time positions. The five-to-six-year program allows students to graduate with a bachelor of science degree from the Eberly College of Science and a master of business administration degree from the Smeal College of Business.
Read more about their experiences.

A Q&A with Petri Bio cofounder
and CEO Shu Li

We recently heard from alumna Shu Li about her newest startup, Petri Bio. Her company is a biotech startup developing novel therapies and healthcare products using gut microbes.
Read more on Shu Li.

The value of Eberly’s mentoring program featuring alumna
Shelby Foster

"Finishing up college was one of the scariest times of my life. I had worked so hard for four years and gained so much knowledge, but it wasn’t immediately obvious how I should apply that to a career. I got through these worries and made informed decisions about my future, and I attribute much of this to guidance from my Eberly College of Science mentor, Dr. Eric Freed."
Read more from Shelby Foster.

Research and awards update

Researchers deconstruct the “biological clock” that regulates birdsong
A team of researchers from Penn State and New York University has deconstructed an important “biological clock” in the zebra finch brain and found that the "wires" between neurons, called axons, play a critical role in the precise timing of the birds' courtship song.

Lasers could speed up coronavirus diagnostics

The recipe for powerful quasar jets
Some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while others do not. Astronomers may now have identified why.

Malaria parasites hide out in humans when it’s not mosquito season
Malaria parasites survive the mosquito-free dry season by waiting silently in humans for the return of the rainy season that brings back with it mosquitoes. New research helps explain how these parasites survive the disruption to their lifecycle.

COVID-19 resources you can trust

·Penn State coronavirus info
·Eberly coronavirus contingency resources
·ASK CIDD - The Penn State Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics answers submitted questions on the topic of COVID-19.
·U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
·World Health Organization (WHO)

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